I have told many stories about my two cousins, whom I proudly deemed “My favorite cousins” from a very young age. They were there to cheer me on when I was a kid, always smiling and making me laugh.  They were older than me, and I looked up to them.  Zac and Shelby especially loved to hear the stories of them buying rocks from me at my “rock sale” and spending time with me, treating me like a person, not just a kid.  Once they met these two brothers, Zac and Shelby got what I was talking about, because they treated them the same way. They listened to them even though they are just kids and they joked and teased with them and had fun with them at the family reunions and the lake.  It was AWESOME and from there Zac and Shelby understood why I called them my favorite cousins and why I was so enthused when the opportunity came to see them.

They are brothers, living close to each other their whole lives, and yesterday we lost one of them.  Johnny was fun, he always smiled, and he loved us not matter what and we knew that.  He choked up when he talked about how my parents helped to raise them.  He loved seeing us and it showed every time we saw him.  We loved seeing him too because he gave us that feeling that we were very much loved.  God has an extra special angel now, one that will tell funny jokes, make you smile all day long, and buy rocks from you if it will make your day!

 He will be dearly missed.

We love you Johnny and know that you are a smiling over us right now, wanting us to just laugh and have fun!

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